Apolda skirmish

The Apolda skirmish occurred on 9 November 1949 when small squads of US Army and Red Army troops clashed at a supply depot on the West Germany-East Germany border. The American troops occupied the supply depot and engaged some Soviet troops in a skirmish, with the Soviets coming through the woods and the Americans holding the line at the depot. Because of the very small forces involved, there were not many casualties in the incident, which resulted in the US maintaining control over the depot. Because of the insignificance of the incident within the greater Cold War, the Apolda skirmish was ignored by both the USA and the USSR.